Field measurement of suction, water content, and water permeability

A Tarantino, AM Ridley, DG Toll - Geotechnical and Geological …, 2008 - Springer
This paper presents a review of techniques for field measurement of suction, water content,
and water hydraulic conductivity (permeability). Main problems in the use of field …

A frequency sweep location method for soft faults of power cables based on MUSIC-pseudospectrum

Z Tang, Y Xu, K Zhou, P Meng… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Due to the spurious peaks caused by multireflection and the randomness of the cable
transfer function, the frequency domain reflectometry (FDR) method based on Fourier …

Improved technical guide from physical model tests for TDR landslide monitoring

CC Chung, CP Lin, YJ Ngui, WC Lin, CS Yang - Engineering Geology, 2022 - Elsevier
Time-domain reflectometry (TDR) can help observe the initiation and evolution of localized
shear planes in both rock and soil slopes, and has temporal and spatial resolutions suitable …

Self-referencing TDR dielectric spectroscopy using reflection-decoupled analysis with a mismatched section

YJ Ngui, CP Lin - IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
An innovative self-referencing time-domain reflectometry (TDR) dielectric spectroscopy
method is introduced. The method extracts the first reflection from a mismatched section …

Multiple reflection analysis of TDR signal for complex dielectric spectroscopy

CP Lin, YJ Ngui, CH Lin - IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Most dielectric spectroscopy techniques require careful system calibration, tedious
measurement, specially designed probes, precise input source, and some even involved …

Apparent dielectric constant and effective frequency of TDR measurements: Influencing factors and comparison

CC Chung, CP Lin - Vadose Zone Journal, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
When measuring soil water content by time domain reflectometry (TDR), several methods
are available for determining the related apparent dielectric constant (Ka) from the TDR …

Applicability and limitations of time domain reflectometry bridge scour monitoring system in general field conditions

K Wang, CP Lin - Structural Health Monitoring, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
A real-time and durable system for scour process monitoring with sufficient spatial precision
is in pressing need for bridge safety management. In light of this, an innovative bundled time …

Determining the influence of pressure and temperature on the elastic constants of anisotropic rock samples using ultrasonic wave techniques

HB Motra, J Mager, A Ismail, F Wuttke, W Rabbel… - Journal of Applied …, 2018 - Elsevier
Measuring rock elastic constants and anisotropy parameters and understanding their
changes in response to changes in pressure and temperature is crucial for modeling and …

Practical procedures of faults and aging inspection to Photovoltaic system using time domain Reflectometry

CC Chung, KL Yen, MT Huang, U Zada - Solar Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Photovoltaic (PV) technology has emerged as a promising and significant renewable energy
source in recent decades. However, the assessment of the on-site power generation …

An improved modeling of TDR signal propagation for measuring complex dielectric permittivity

CP Lin, SH Tang, CH Lin, CC Chung - Journal of Earth Science, 2015 - Springer
Time domain reflectometry (TDR) is a measurement technique based upon transmission line
theory. The solutions of transmission line equations are reformulated in terms of …